Space

At age 12, Tracy Slatyer felt sorry for a book. She read a newspaper article about how lots of people […]

As the youthful universe congealed under the pull of gravity, matter knotted itself into galaxies, galaxy clusters and filaments, weaving

For the first time, astronomers have watched gas boil and bubble on the surface of a distant star. Scientists observed

Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse! The red supergiant that marks Orion’s left shoulder may have a tiny, unseen companion. Two independent studies found

While SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are enabling internet access and cell phone communications around the globe, they’re also posing a threat

To leave a lasting trail, meteors must aim downward. A new survey of shooting stars shows that meteors blazing 90

As more and more species come close to extinction, scientists have been collecting samples of animals, plants and other creatures

Imagine going on a week-long business trip and not coming home until next year. That may be the case for

One of the most distant quasars known appears to have shut down the formation of new stars in all galaxies

A distant stellar nursery holds a cluster of newborn worlds the size of Jupiter, the smallest of which is surrounded